Childhood, memory and autobiography in Holland
Subtitle: from the Golden Age to Romanticism
By: Rudolf Dekker.
Series: Early modern history
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Children -- Netherlands -- History.; Autobiographies -- Netherlands -- History and criticism.; Children -- Netherlands -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Child rearing -- Netherlands -- History.; Parent and child -- Netherlands -- History.
Description: "Between the 17th and 19th centuries autobiographers and diarists invented new ways to write about childhood and children. At the same time, pedagogical ideas about child-rearing changed. This book looks at the connection between these developments. Egodocuments can bring the past alive, and allow us to sketch six intimate portraits. The second part of the book concentrates on the changes. Childhood became more highly valued as a phase of life. Children were taken more seriously.

This is shown in chapters on child's play, punishment, wet-nursing and independence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "First published in Dutch in 1995 as Uit de schaduw in't grote licht"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-169) and index.